The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05
rAFFY FOR THOUSANDS.
How Candy Is Manufactured in the Large
Factories of the Country.

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How Candy Is Manufactured in the Large
Factories of the Country.
Candy is a luxury. pure and simple,
and there is no better way of observ-
ing how the luxuries OF life must be
holding their own in the popular de-
mand side By side with, and sometimes
at the expense Of, the necessities. than
to spend few hours in q candy manu-
factory. Such an establishment, on
large scale. has its chemist, its design
or, 4 number of skilled hands trained
bv years Of labor for certain special
branches and scores of more ordinary
workmen. Sugar is bought by the ton.
starch and glucose in large quantities.
cocoanuts by the carload, besides
coohneal. prepared fruits, etc.
The business may properly be divid
ed into two general branches-the
making of stick candy and of the vari-
Gus fancy kinds. The most interesting
branch by all odds is the first men
toned, and is as much Of a revelation
when seen for the first time rs glass
blowing The mixture, after boiling,
is thrown in n plastic state on
large stone slabs where it runs out
fiat into thick sheets. These sheets
are repeatedly picked up doubled
over and kneaded together until they
become of the right consistency, when
they are rolled into one immense
cylinder of a grayish color Anarrow
strip of the same mixture, colored rcd
with cochineal, is laid along on one side
of the larger piece and adheres to it.
Little strips of shade made whittier by
pulling are also laid lengthwise. aud
all around that cylinder equal distances
apart. This gives an immense stick
of soft gray candy, with one big red
stripe and several white ones. all rum
ming lengthwise on it. A man with
pair of gloves on takes hold of this
and pulls it out the whole length of
the long table, at one end of which
it lies, runs his closed hand along the
sugar rope thus made with such dex-
terity as TO make it perfectly round
and of the exact size he wishes. twists
the rope once or twice to make the
stripes run around it, and, presto,
there is stick of candy long as fish
Z MOLE. All this is done as quick as a
Its long plant ropes squirming
ptosp tin ,n''sr57yskes under the ma
Sssssssssssaasslaa,higbthe whole table is
When they are
laho the right length
ISL of shears There
r. c..ay sold as all the
:, Der. The opera
figures workman
us xperience Max
Nssstf fancy candies
- matter. There
PC 5iness it is to
tTs devices ar
go ms of nature
frogs. Quits, nuts, etc.
These dev. ecialduced in plaster
of paris, ands, ut I a kind fastened
on stick. IT, Instrument thus
formed is repeatedly stamped into
the lcveled surface of boxes of pulver-
lied corn-starch Into these holes in
the corn-starch the prepared syrup
is turned, and cools in the required
shape. The candy is then
placed in pans and syrup
turned over it. which, after
several hours, cools and covers it with
crystals Then. when exposed in the
gaslight, it sparkles. and appeals to
the eye rs well as the palate. All this
trouble has been taken TO probe the
young mans pocket book. and the re-
Election should afford him some salts
faction when spending his last dollar.
Great quantities Of fruit. especially
the ounce. pear, apple and apricot.
are consumed in the manufacture OF
candy, giving their flavor to the fin
ished confection. The manufacture of
mental people The material of these
tender little billet-doux is made plastic
by means of gum tragacanth, kneaded
like dough and rolled ont, rs ii for
cookies, with u long rolling-pin. The
notices are then stamped on by means
Of copper stamp dipped in cochineal
dye. and the lozengcs cut out with q
cutter. square, round or heart-shaped
Sugar is confessedly sweet. But a
sugar lozenge with one of these mot
toes on 1t, is ''sweeter than any thing
on earth" Many school-boy, in the
flush and fury Of his first young love-
has laid his heart ON one Of these
lozenges. as on q platter. and sent it
to some rosy lass. What could be
more effective as feeler than this:
Tvour eyes are bright as diamondsp"
It contains the whole science of court
ship - flattery And if that were
favorably received what could be more
to the point than this: Dearest,
gih YOU DE mine?' though the sender
were but twelve years old and pos
sessed nothing on earth but six mar
bles, two tops and dog?
These little missives are not all
sweet though they embrace the whole
language of coquetry, and some of the
notices make the sugar on which
they are written actually taste sour.
Would any thing settle courtship |
quicker than this: I'm not friendly |
in poverty or miseryP' On the whole.
there are tons and tons of candy eaten
every year, and tons and tons will
continue TO be eaten, despite all the
croaking ABOUT ruined teeth and di-
gestion, - Chicago Herald.
VENETIAN GLASS.
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